Inventor · Houston, TX, US

Thomas E. Sample, Jr.

11Patents
8h-index
8Co-inventors
61Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 25, 1975 → Apr 25, 1985

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4139462A Method for thermally treating oil well drill cuttings Fixed Constructions 41 Expired
US4521578A Composition and method of preparation of novel aqueous drilling fluid additives Chemistry; Metallurgy 30 Expired
US4208285A Drill cuttings disposal system with good environmental and ecological properties Fixed Constructions 28 Expired
US4233366A Silane coated silicate minerals and method for preparing same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US4043922A Secondary oil recovery process using oxyalkylated additives Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US4579927A Copolymers of flavanoid tannins and acrylic monomers Chemistry; Metallurgy 16 Expired
US4137367A Silane coated silicate minerals and method for preparing same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US4260498A Silane coated silicate minerals and method for preparing same Chemistry; Metallurgy 13 Expired
US4615841A Process for making alkaline-earth metal salts of alkaryl sulfonic acids Chemistry; Metallurgy 7 Expired
US4337160A Acid soluble weighting agent for well drilling, workover and completion fluids Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US4026874A Scale control Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.